Definition of pull

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Pull (v. i.) To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope..

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Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well..
Divellicate :: Divellicate (v. t.) To pull in pieces.
Pull :: Pull (n.) Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull..
Ampullate :: Ampullate (a.) Alt. of Ampullate.
Pull :: Pull (n.) A pluck; loss or violence suffered.
Revulsion :: Revulsion (n.) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
Crown :: Crown (n.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley..
Underpull :: Underpull (v. i.) To exert one's influence secretly.
Twang :: Twang (v. t.) To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly..
Pick :: Pick (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc..
Wrench :: Wrench (n.) To pull with a twist; to wrest, twist, or force by violence..
Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..
Rouse :: Rouse (v. i. & t.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances..
Discalceate :: Discalceate (v. t.) To pull off shoes or sandals from.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch..
Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked..
Drawrod :: Drawrod (n.) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train..
Dovetail :: Dovetail (n.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
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